Posted on Apr 14, 2022
Russia says 1,000 Ukrainian marines surrendered in Mariupol
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The Russian defense ministry says that more than 1,000 Ukrainian marines have surrendered in Mariupol.
The ministry wrote in a statement on Wednesday that 1,026 Ukrainian soldiers in the sieged city “voluntarily laid down arms and surrendered” in response to Russia’s offensive in the area, including 162 officers.
“In the town of Mariupol, near the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, as a result of successful offensives by Russian armed forces and Donetsk People’s Republic militia units, 1,026 Ukrainian soldiers of the 36th Marine Brigade voluntarily laid down arms and surrendered,” the defense ministry said in a statement, according to The Guardian.
Mariupol has been one of Russia’s top targets in its invasion of Ukraine, according to Reuters. The city is located in the eastern Donbas region, which has not been captured by Russian forces.
The ministry wrote in a statement on Wednesday that 1,026 Ukrainian soldiers in the sieged city “voluntarily laid down arms and surrendered” in response to Russia’s offensive in the area, including 162 officers.
“In the town of Mariupol, near the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, as a result of successful offensives by Russian armed forces and Donetsk People’s Republic militia units, 1,026 Ukrainian soldiers of the 36th Marine Brigade voluntarily laid down arms and surrendered,” the defense ministry said in a statement, according to The Guardian.
Mariupol has been one of Russia’s top targets in its invasion of Ukraine, according to Reuters. The city is located in the eastern Donbas region, which has not been captured by Russian forces.
Russia says 1,000 Ukrainian marines surrendered in Mariupol
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I think one of the significant lessons to be learned from the Ukraine-Russia war is the value of waging the information war competently using a mix of on-the-ground reporting and believable propaganda. From my very limited viewpoint, it appears that Ukraine has the upper hand in this regard. What I wonder about is how well Ukrainian messaging is penetrating through Russian social and technical firewalls to reach the average Russian citizen.
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..."KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine, April 13 (Reuters) - Ukraine warned on Wednesday that Russia was ramping up efforts in the South and East as it seeks full control of Mariupol, in what would be the first major city to fall, while Western governments committed more military help to bolster Kyiv.
The Kremlin's nearly seven-week-long incursion, the biggest attack on a European state since 1945, has not gone to plan.
Russia has been forced to pull back from some northern areas even as attacks across the country have turned Ukrainian cities to rubble and caused more than 4.6 million people to flee abroad.
Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday said 1,026 soldiers from Ukraine's 36th Marine Brigade, including 162 officers, had surrendered in Mariupol, which has been besieged for weeks, and that the port was fully under its control.
Capturing its Azovstal industrial district, where the marines have been holed up, would give the Russians full control of Ukraine's main Sea of Azov port, reinforce a southern land corridor and expand its occupation of the country's East."...
..."KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine, April 13 (Reuters) - Ukraine warned on Wednesday that Russia was ramping up efforts in the South and East as it seeks full control of Mariupol, in what would be the first major city to fall, while Western governments committed more military help to bolster Kyiv.
The Kremlin's nearly seven-week-long incursion, the biggest attack on a European state since 1945, has not gone to plan.
Russia has been forced to pull back from some northern areas even as attacks across the country have turned Ukrainian cities to rubble and caused more than 4.6 million people to flee abroad.
Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday said 1,026 soldiers from Ukraine's 36th Marine Brigade, including 162 officers, had surrendered in Mariupol, which has been besieged for weeks, and that the port was fully under its control.
Capturing its Azovstal industrial district, where the marines have been holed up, would give the Russians full control of Ukraine's main Sea of Azov port, reinforce a southern land corridor and expand its occupation of the country's East."...
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